Old Apr 8, 2019 | 03:34 PM
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FrenchyAlex
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Default Re: Lost alignment after changing lower control arm?

Originally Posted by zip439
What you are calling the center link is also the toe adjustment. That is adjusted at the outer ends where it connects to the knuckle. When you changed out the lower control arm the new bushings were stiffer than the old and that pushed out at the bottom the knuckle, thus changing your camber and because you only changed one side it changed the toe on that side also while leaving the relationship to the steering knuckle on the other side of the car unchanged. Basically, you have one side of your set up different than the other; thus the car pulls to the right. You may think it should all be back to "normal" because the new control arm has new bushings, but that has changed from what your alignment was set at and thus the two side of your car are now different in it's alignment.

The outer end of the center link, the tie rods and ball joints can be bought separately.
Makes perfect sense. If the pulling is caused by the difference of camber between wheels rather than the toe in/out, then the only solution is changing the right lower control arm too? Assuming I do not want to install camber bolts.

As for the tie rods etc, I will need the entire center link as shown in the pciture, because the shot ball joint is the one in the inner side, cssoe to where the steering damper attaches. This part does not come off, you have to change the whole thing.
 
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